Display stand



J. RATH DISPLAY STAND April 23, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 18, 1953 Mona M2 April 23, 1957 ,1. RATH DISPLAY STAND 2 She ets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 18, 1953 United States Patento DISPLAY STAND Joseph Rath, Chicago, Ill., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Arvey Corporation, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Delaware Application September 18, 1953, Serial No. 380,999

4 Claims. (Cl. 211-142) This invention relates to display stands adapted to be placed upon a counter, in a display window, or other place, to support and display merchandise, and more particularly to a display stand of terraced or stepped construction providing vertically spaced steps for supporting articles.

An object of the invention resides in the provision of a terrace display stand formed from sheet material, such as cardboard, cut and scored to provide a plurality of hingedly connected sections adapted to be collapsed to a flat, compact condition suitable for shipping and storage and distended to set-up condition by an inexperienced person for use in supporting merchandise for display purposes.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a foldable display stand embodying hingedly connected steps and risers adapted to be engaged against movement relative to each other by means of wing sections hingedly connected to bottom and back wall sections, each wing section being scored diagonally along a line intersecting the juncture of the bottom and back wall sections and foldable upon itself when the display is collapsed to a flat condition.

This invention embodies other novel features, details of construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter set forth in the specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view illustrating a display stand embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an end elevational view illustrating the display stand in partly folded condition.

Figs. 6 to 9 are plan views of blanks from which the display stand is formed.

Referring now to the drawings for a better understanding of the present invention, the display stand is shown as formed from sheet material, such as cardboard, the pieces shown in Figs. 7 and 8 being secured together as by stapling and cut and scored to provide steps 6, 7 and 8 hingedly connected to risers 9, 11 and 12 and an upright panel 13.

Locking wings 14-14 are provided to engage the steps and risers to maintain the display in its set-up distended condition, each wing being scored diagonally at 16 to provide hingedly connected front and rear wing sections 17 and 18, respectively. Each front wing section 17 is hingedly connected at 19 to a horizontally disposed base section 21, and each rear wing section 18 is hingedly connected at 22 to a flap 23 secured to a back wall 24 and doubled back thereon. The back wall 24 is secured at its upper end to the panel 13.

Each wing 14 is formed with horizontal upper edges 26, 27 and 28 to engage the steps 6, 7 and 8, respectively, and with vertical edges 29, 31 and 32 to engage the risers 9, 11 and 12, respectively. An attachment flap 33 extends rearwardly from the lower edge of the riser 12 and is secured to the base sections 21-21 by adhesive or staples.

The riser 9 is provided with a rearwardly attached element, such as illustrated in Fig. 8, provided with depending legs 34-34 having attachment flaps 36-36 hinged to their lower ends for fixed engagement with their respec- 17-17. The locking tongues 38-38 serve to yieldably resist pivotal movement of the front wing sections 17-17 toward each other, and the legs 34-34 and 37-37 serve as abutments to limit pivotal movement of the front wing sections away from each other.

When the display stand is in its distended set-up condition, it will be noted that the steps and risers are engaged against movement relative to each other by means of the locking wings 14-14 which are secured in upright fixed position against the legs 34-34 and 37-37 by means of the locking tongues 38-38.

To collapse the display stand to a flat condition suitable for shipping and storage, the locking wings 14-14 are pivoted inwardly toward each other to first disengage the front wing sections 17-17 from their respective locking tongues 38-38. Further inward pivotal movement of the locking wings 14-14 causes the front wing sections 17-17 to move to a common plane with the base sections 21-21, and causes the rear wing sections 18-18 to fold downwardly on the score lines 16 onto their related front wing sections as shown in Fig. 5. During such inward pivotal movement of the locking wings, the steps and risers are folded one over the other, and the panel 13 and back wall 24 pivot downwardly, as a unit, over the steps, risers and locking wings.

To set up the display, it is only necessary to pivot the locking wings 14-14 upwardly and outwardly on their fol-d lines 22, 19 and 16 until they assume vertical positions abutting their related legs 34-34 and 37-37, with their related locking tongues 38-38 engaged in their respective slots 39-39 formed in the front wing sections 17-17. As the locking wings 14-14 move toward their set-up positions, the front and rear wing sections 17-17 and 18-18 coact to pivot the back wall 24 toward an upright position, and the upward pivotal movement of the back wall acts to draw the steps and risers upwardly to their set-up positions.

While this invention has been shown in but one form, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A folding display stand comprising a back wall and base, a plurality of hingedly interconnected alternate steps and intermediate risers, one of said risers having spaced legs pivotally connected to said base, and said back wall being pivotally connected to a step adjacent thereto, and front and rear wing sections hinged to each other along a diagonal line and hinged to said base and back wall, respectively, and engaging said steps and risers Patented Apr." 23, 1957 spacedlegs:pivotally connected" to said base, and said back wall being pivotally connected to a step. adjacent thereto, front and rear wing sections hinged to each other along a diagonal line and hinged to said'base and back wall, respectively, and engaging said steps and risers against movementrelative; thereto, and means associated with .said. steps and. risers detaehably engaging said 'front and rear wing sections against movement relative thereto.

A folding display stand comprising a back wall. and abase, 'aplurality of hingedly interconnected alternate steps and. intermediate risers, one of said risers having spaced legs pivotally connected to said base, and said backwall being pivotally'connected to a step adjacent thereto, frontiand rear wing sections hinged to each other along, a; diagonal line and. hinged to said base and back wall, respectively, and engaging said steps and risers against movement relative thereto, and means associated with. said steps and risers detachably engaging said front 4. A folding display stand comprising a back wall and a base, a plurality of hingedly interconnected alternate steps and intermediate risers, one of said risers having a leg pivotally connected to said base, and said back wall being pivotally connected to a step adjacent thereto, front and rear wing sections hinged to each other along a diagonal line and hinged to said base and back wall, respectively, and engaging said steps and risers against movement relative thereto, means associated with said steps and risers detachably engaging said front and rear wing sections against movement relative thereto, said means including a tongue depending from a riser to engage the front wing section, said leg being disposed for abutting engagement with said front wing section.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,729,014 Scherotto Sept. 24, 1929 1,881,986 Webster Oct. 11, 1932 1,987,439 Froehlig Ian. 8. 1935 

